Spain: In the Dock

Gold carpeting was hastily installed in the courtroom, and high-backed
red velvet chairs were provided for the defendants, lawyers and
judges. It was a suit able setting for a momentous trial. In the dock
were 32 top-ranking officers and one civilian accused of trying to
overthrow the Spanish government by forcibly taking over the Cortes
(parliament). In a sense, the entire military is on trial  and so is
Spain's fledgling democracy.

The best known of the golpistas (coup makers) is Guardia Civil Lieut.
Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina, 50,...